Talk:Boa (genus)

Request from 82.35.56.181

This page should be merged with or redirected to boa

Answer:

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Not a very good idea because Boa is a genus and Boidae is a family; it will mess up the whole scheme of things CMonkey111 22:38, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

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Question from 138.25.2.22

Here is a link to a page with a picture of a snake eating a pig: http://www.kinshi.com.ar/posteos/cerdo_serpiente.html . Can someone tell me what happens to the bones? (posted to article by 138.25.2.22, later moved here)

In a healthy boa, the hydrochloric acid in the snake's stomach should dissolve everything, including the bones. Disease can affect HCl levels, which means a sick boa may vomit up the undigestable bits, or pass bone fragments in its stool. -- Hadal 05:51, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

This fact has been requested to be moved to the main page by CMonkey111 22:43, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Link to "Dominican"

As I was fixing links I noticed this one. It properly redirects to Dominica and not Dominican Republic per this site. Just a note. Dekimasu 10:58, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Other species?

At the top of the article, it says that The largest extant member of this group is the boa constrictor; this means that there are at least one other extant species. On the other hand, the article says that Boa is a monotypic genus, represented by the species Boa constrictor; this means that, to the best of scientific knowledge, there were never any other members of this genus. Which is correct? עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 06:43, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

@Od Mishehu: From 2008 to 2014 the article included the Sanzinia and Acrantophis species in Boa. Monotypic genus does not mean that were NEVER any other members of the genus. I'm not sure why the qualifier "extant" is included though. I'm not finding any versions of the article that included extinct species. Plantdrew (talk) 16:11, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Boa Constrictor and Boa Imperator

Boa Constrictor Imperator has recently been elevated to species status, with Sabogae and Longicauda as subspecies. That leaves the Amarali, Constrictor, Nebulosa, Occidentalis, and Orpheus as subspecies of the Boa Constrictor.

These things aren't absolute sciences, but splitting Boa Constrictor into BC and BI does seem to be universally accepted. Subspecies of these may be a different matter.

"There is interesting information for boa constrictor keepers! They are in family Boinae and subspecies of boa constrictor B. c. imperator are now species Boa imperator." http://arborealmonsters.blogspot.com/2014/10/boas-classification.html

"Boa imperator was formerly one of six recognized subspecies of the large constricting snake B. constrictor, but has been elevated to species status as B. imperator, occurring west of the Andes Mountains from Ecuador in northwestern South America northwards to Mexico in North America, and including the two subspecies B. c. longicauda and B. c. sabogae (although this recent change has not been universally accepted)." https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/112730

In short. The Boa genus should include two species. Constrictor and Imperator. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.253.73.146 (talk) 10:41, 18 September 2018 (UTC)